The rise, fall and renaissance of the glass industry

The rise, fall and renaissance of the glass industry

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Broadcaster Graham Fisher explores glassmaking in Stourbridge then and now.

Graham talks to Charles R Hajdamach a leading authority on British glass and a Fellow of the Society of Glass Technology about the rise, fall and renaissance of the industry.

KEYNOTES: Glass, Stourbridge, Black Country, Ruskin College, Graham Fisher

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Graham Fisher

Featuring:

Charles R Hajdamach

In: Glass,

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